Equipment

Ingredients

aromatics

2tspgrated ginger

2stalksscallion

tempura batter

2tbsptempura flour

1~2tbspwater

Mentsuyu

¼cupMentsuyu

¼cupwater

Instructions

〈Onsen Tamago〉

Put room temperature eggs in a pot, pour a generous amount of boiling water to cover. Put the lid on and leave it 20 mins. I use extra-large eggs, but you can adjust the time for the size of your egg. （See above）

Add some ice cubes to stop cooking after cooking-time.

Take out your frozen udon noodles from the package. You can prepare the delicious Udon in a microwave, according to your package instruction.

Mix well tempura flour and water in a bowl. The consistency is like a little bit thicker than crepe batter.

Heat the oil up to 180℃. When you drop a batter, it sink to the bottom at first. The batter float to the surface in 2 to 3 seconds is 180℃.

Cover prepared Shiso leaves with tempura batter and deep fry until the outside is crispy to touch. Do the same to Chikuwa fish cakes. Usually, thick tempura batter is not appreciated, but this is an exception.

The thicker batter absorbs dashi or Mentsuyu, and it tastes so good! And vice versa. The oil from tempura gives dashi or Mentsuyu a good richness and makes Udon tastes even better.

〈Mentsuyu〉

Add the same amount of water to my homemade Mentsuyu. Of course, you can use store-bought. Follow the instruction of the package.

〈Assemble〉

Transfer hot udon noodles onto a shallow bowl.

Top with Chikuwa tempura, Shiso leaves tempura, make a well in the center, crack your Onsen Tamago into it.

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Hi!
Welcome to Kitchen Princess Bamboo!
I am Akino Ogata, chef of this site.
I was born and raised in Japan and have been interested in food since I was a child.
I am running a small pastry shop for 13 years in Nara, the oldest palace city of Japan. And I teach cooking at my kitchen since then.
I would like to share my knowledge which I learned from my family, customers and students.
Here I introduce authentic Japanese recipes to bakings that I develped for a long time. Most of them are easy to make!
I hope you will find your favorite and enjoy cooking!